Threat Researcher - abstract

This Threat Researcher role is for a skilled individual to identify, analyze, and mitigate emerging cyber threats. The role involves malware reverse engineering, vulnerability research, incident response support, threat detection development, and data correlation. The position requires a blend of technical expertise and threat analysis skills.

Requirements

• Research, analyze, and profile advanced persistent threats (APTs), malware campaigns, and attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Decompile and dissect malware samples to understand functionality, IOCs, and payload behavior.
• Identify and assess zero-day vulnerabilities, exploitation techniques, and emerging attack surfaces.
• Collaborate with SOC and IR teams to provide threat context, indicators, and mitigation recommendations.
• Translate threat research findings into actionable detection signatures, behavioral analytics, and YARA/Sigma rules.
• Produce detailed research reports, threat advisories, and intelligence briefings.
• Develop scripts and tools to automate threat intelligence collection, data parsing, and IOC management workflows.